Timeline of Hama
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Prior to 7th century
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- 11th century BCE - Town is "capital of Aramean kingdom of Hamath."[1]
- 854 BCE - Town taken by Assyrian Shalmaneser II.[2]
- 743 BCE - Assyrians in power again.[3]
- 740 BCE - Uprising.[3]
- 720 BCE - Uprising "crushed by Sargon."[2]
- 540 BCE - Persians in power (approximate date).
- 64 BCE - Town becomes part of the Roman province of Syria.
7th-19th century
- 639 CE - Town taken by Arab Muslim Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah.[2]
- 637 - Great Mosque built.[4]
- 10th century - Hamdanids in power.
- 968 - Town sacked by Byzantine forces of Nicephorus Phocas.[1]
- 11th century - Town sacked by Mirdasid forces.
- 1108 - Tancred, Prince of Galilee takes town.[2]
- 1114 - Seljuks in power.[1]
- 1157 - Earthquake.[5]
- 1172 - Nur al-Din Mosque built.
- 1175 - Saladin takes town from Zangids.[1]
- 1178 - Al-Muzaffar Umar becomes Emir of Hama.[1]
- 1191 - Al-Mansur Muhammad becomes Emir of Hama.
- 1221 - Al-Nasir Kilij Arslan becomes Emir of Hama.
- 1229 - Al-Muzaffar Mahmud becomes Emir of Hama.
- 1244 - Al-Mansur Muhammad II becomes Emir of Hama.
- 1260 - Town sacked by Mongols.
- 1284 - Al-Muzaffar Umar II becomes Emir of Hama.
- 1299 - Mamluks in power.[1]
- 1310 - Ayyubid Abu al-Fida becomes Emir of Hama.[5]
- 1323 - al-Izzi Mosque built.[4]
- 1326 - Abu'l-Fida Mosque built.[4]
- 1331 - Al-Afdal Muhammad becomes Emir of Hama.
- 1400 - Timurlane takes town.
- 1453 - al-Mamunye (water wheel) constructed.[citation needed]
- 1516 - Ottoman Turks in power.
- 1556 - Khan Rustum Pasha (caravansary) built.[citation needed]
- 1742 - Azm Palace built.
- 1858 - Population: 30,000.[6]
- 1864 - Town becomes capital of the Hamah sanjak (district) in the Vilayet of Sham.[1]
- 1875 - Cholera outbreak.[5]
- 1898 - Public library opens (approximate date).[7]
20th century
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- 1901 - Population: 45,000 (approximate).[3]
- 1902 - Rayak-Hama railway begins operating.[8]
- 1906 - Aleppo-Hama railway constructed.[9]
- 1917 - Shaker al-Hanbali becomes mayor.[10]
- 1918 - Town becomes part of French Mandate of Syria.
- 1925 - 1925 Hama uprising, early October uprising by Hama's inhabitants led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji against the French mandate, subsequent crackdown by French forces. Part of the Great Syrian Revolt.[11]
- 1930 - Population: 60,000.[12]
- 1945 - Al-Nawair Sport Club formed.
- 1946 - City becomes part of independent Syrian Republic.
- 1960 - Population: 97,390.[13]
- 1963 - April: Anti-Baathist demonstrations.[14]
- 1964 - April: Conflict between Islamic Brotherhood and Baath leaders.[12]
- 1970 - Population: 137,421.[13]
- 1980 - February: Islamic uprising;[15] crackdown on Sunnis.
- 1981 - April: 1981 Hama massacre.
- 1982 - February: Muslim Brotherhood uprising against Hafez al-Asad regime; government crackdown.[15][16]
- 1989 - Apamee Cham Palace Hotel built.[4]
21st century
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- 2003 - Population: 427,369 (estimate).[13]
- 2011
- Mass demonstrations.[15][17]
- July–August: Army crackdown on protesters.[18]
- 2012 - 25 April: Explosion in Mashaa Attayar.[19][20]
- 2013 - Syrian civil war.[21]
See also
References
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Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
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